Bass Compressors
Waves API2500- Very aggressive, meaty. Brought out the thwack in the upper bass region. Also did a wonderful job bringing out the growl in the sound. Not a very transparent compressor, though. Could hear it working.
Sonalksis SV-315MKII- Not much meat in the track. Really brought out the attack and the extreme lows. Handled the transients nicely, couldn't really hear the compressor working. Overall balance was okay, not perfect but nothing really stood out. Did have more lows than highs.
Waves RComp- Nothing jumps out at you. Very smooth. The bottom end is really well-defined. Not a very aggressive sound, doesn't add much character either. Very clean sounding compressor, punchy, but not immediately noticeable.
Waves SSL- Punchy. Attacks a lot more of the lows than the highs. Losses a lot of definition and can hear the compressor working. At the same settings compressed the bass a lot harder than the others.
Waves API2500- Very aggressive, meaty. Brought out the thwack in the upper bass region. Also did a wonderful job bringing out the growl in the sound. Not a very transparent compressor, though. Could hear it working.
Sonalksis SV-315MKII- Not much meat in the track. Really brought out the attack and the extreme lows. Handled the transients nicely, couldn't really hear the compressor working. Overall balance was okay, not perfect but nothing really stood out. Did have more lows than highs.
Waves RComp- Nothing jumps out at you. Very smooth. The bottom end is really well-defined. Not a very aggressive sound, doesn't add much character either. Very clean sounding compressor, punchy, but not immediately noticeable.
Waves SSL- Punchy. Attacks a lot more of the lows than the highs. Losses a lot of definition and can hear the compressor working. At the same settings compressed the bass a lot harder than the others.
Results
Well, the clear winner for me was the Waves RComp. I preferred the RComp over the API2500 basically because it really didn't add too many artifacts. The 2500 certainly had a lot of nuts to it, and I liked it. But I suppose I'm in a phase right now where I'm not exactly looking for color. This is the kind of result I was hoping for, as I hadn't ever used either when mixing bass.
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